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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 281. Honeybee importation
(a) In general
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation or entry of honeybees and honeybee semen
into or through the United States in order to prevent the
introduction and spread of diseases and parasites harmful to
honeybees, the introduction of genetically undesirable germ plasm
of honeybees, or the introduction and spread of undesirable species
or subspecies of honeybees and the semen of honeybees.
(b) Regulations
The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasury
are each authorized to prescribe such regulations as the respective
Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section.
(c) Enforcement
Honeybees or honeybee semen offered for importation into,
intercepted entering, or having entered the United States, other
than in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be destroyed
or immediately exported.
(d) "Honeybee" defined
As used in this chapter, the term "honeybee" means all life
stages and the germ plasm of honeybees of the genus Apis, except
honeybee semen.
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